Editorial, El Deber: Blocking roads is, without a doubt, the most undemocratic protest measure that can exist, and Bolivia can more than attest to the perverse consequences that this pressure measure has left throughout recent history. In August 2020, a general road blockade, in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, prevented the arrival of…
Tag: political persecution
Political persecution – Erwin Bazán – Persecución política
El Diario: “They are prosecuting me because I denounce corruption, drug trafficking and I am anti-masista” The motives for carrying out the criminal and civil proceedings against the opposition deputy Erwin Bazán, Creemos, by the Minister of Government, Eduardo Del Castillo, are the complaints of corruption, drug trafficking in political power and his “anti-masista” party…
The mockery of January 22 | La mofa del 22 de enero
Manfredo Kempff., El Deber: The mockery of January 22 The January 22 holiday is a mockery, it is the biggest rant that has been made on historical issues in the country and that should no longer be allowed. January 22 is not remembered as Plurinational State Day; t is a lie, because what is being…
The plurinational and the irrational | Lo plurinacional y lo irracional
Editorial, Correo del Sur: Division: that was the characteristic of the 15th celebration that former president Evo Morales took out of the blue in 2010 as one of the many changes that were introduced in the country in order to satisfy his insatiable egomania. In reality, January 22 is not the anniversary of the founding…
Values, Electorate and Candidates | Valores, Electorado y Candidatos
Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Dia: It would be unheard of that the MAS won the next presidential elections given the country’s breakdown. But could it be possible? With fraud, sure. Legitimally, I do not rule out. (By the way, what is known for sure the purification and update of the electoral roll?) What arguments would…
Exhaustion of a cycle – MAS – Agotamiento de un ciclo
Ilya Fortún, Brujula Digital: The MAS playing on another court The crisis of representation throughout the political spectrum (both in the ruling party and in the opposition), marks the exhaustion of a relatively long cycle that began after the collapse of the previous political system, around the year 2000. The Movement towards Socialism, which was…
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